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Tuesday, 17 April 2007

Virginia

"A more credible explanation for what maintains our basic respect for others is emotional, not ideological. Empathy is what stops us gratuitously harming others, not adherence to an abstract rule. If you can feel someone’s pain, you don’t knowingly inflict it."